Hanger



J. F. PONTIUS Aug. 5, 1952 HANGER Filed Jam. 4, 1949 I n ventor Joseph FPan rius Patented Aug. 5, 1952 r UN-..I.'EED STATES i:". "I 7:: it: a II "Joseph F.Pontius,-Alhar nbra, 1-- Application January 4,194aseria1nm9 ii (01.

This inventionrelates to a novel hanger for clothing and the l ikearticles, the primary object of which is to permit occupants of anautomobile to readily and easily-suspend clothing on the retractiblewindows thereof.

A further important object of this invention is to provide a hangerconstructed of a single piece of wire bent to form a plurality ofvertically spaced laterally extending hooks.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described including anti-friction means in the form of rollerscarried by the bent wire for grippingly and yieldingly engaging both thesides and the free edge of the window.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which can be readily and easily slipped on and offthe Window.

And yet another object of this invention is to provide a hanger forwindows, constructed of a single piece of wire comprising asubstantially U- shaped member having a first and second leg, verticallyspaced hook members extending laterally from said first leg, andanti-friction means carried by the bight portion of said U-shaped memberfor grippingly engaging an edge of the Window.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will later become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of whichhas been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one modification of the deviceshownattached to a window; 4

Figure 2 is a perspective view of another modification of the deviceshown attachedtoj a window; and s Figure 3 is a sectional view takensubstantially on a plane of section line 3-3 of Figure 1.

i shapedi'memb'erhaving o ener It and another Specific reference is nowmade to the drawings.

In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the followingspecification similar reference characters indicate correspondingelements throughout.

Indicated generally at I0 is a window pane having a top edge [2 andsides l4 and [5. It is to be understood that while this glass pane maybe any type of support, it is particularly contemplated that it refer toretractible windows in automotive vehicles. The device indicatedgenerally at i6, and shown clearly in the drawings, is made of a singlepiece of wire bent to form a U- leg. 2Q joined by a bight portion 22.

The leg 18; is bentand configuratedas shown inthej. drawings to.provide" vertically, spaced, laterally extending clothesret'aining, hookmembers 24 and 2E. It willbenoted that each of the hook members 24 and26 consists essentially of adjacent extensions 28 and 30 which areportions originally of the leg member I8. The extensions '28 and 30 aresecured together by means of an appropriate fastening band or wire 32.The bottommost extension 30 is further bent to produce a laterallyextending bottom hook member 34.

It will readily be seen that the hanger can be easily slipped on and offthe window l0 and to support the hanger on the top edge [2 of the windowan anti-friction roller 36 in the form preferably of a hard rubberroller is journaled on the bight portion 22. A means is provided foryieldingly and grippingly engaging the sides 14 and I5 of the windowwhich consists of the following elements. An open loop 38 is carriedatthe bottom end of the leg 20 and journals an anti-friction roller 40,also preferably of hard rubber, which roller engages the side l5 of thewindow [0. The bight portions 42 and 44 of the leg is between the hookmembers 24 and 26, and the hookmembers 26 and 34 are also provided withanti-friction rollers 46, also pref- 48 joined by a bight portion 50 toa leg portion 52 which carries an open loop 54 at the bottom endthereof. The leg 48 is bent to form a laterally extending hook member 56having adjoining portions 58 and 60 attached to each other by means of awire 62. The adjoining portion Gil is further bent to form a bightportion 62 and the laterally extending hook 64 at the end thereof. As inthe modification shown in Figure 1, the bight portion 50 journals ananti-friction roller 66 for suspending the hanger upon the top edge I2of the window, while the open loop 54 and the bight portion 62 eachjournal an anti-friction roller 68 for grippingly and yieldinglyengaging the sides [4 and 15 of the window.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed urmecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there'is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and. the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A hanger for windows constructed of a single piece of wire comprising asubstantially U-shaped member having a first and second leg connected byway of a bight portion, said second leg tenninating in an open loop, ananti-friction roller carried by said loop for yieldingly and grippinglyengaging one side of the window, an anti-friction roller carried by thebight portion of said U-shaped member for engaging the edge of thewindow, the free end of said first leg being upturned to form a hook, apair of vertically spaced hook members formed from said first leg andlocated-between said upturned hook and said bight portion and extendinglaterally fromsaid REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

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